Do you find this video promoting autism insulting?

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i have had many public meltdowns. i feel ashamed and upset afterwards.
i have fairly expreme emotional resposes so i can go from being ok to being evidently aggressive and distressed if a plan or routine changes.

This has happened at the dentist as well. I hit the dentist a number of months ago - it was a flight response and not intentional and he knows i am on the spectrum.he knows i cannot handle the noise of the drill or even people touching around my head and face. He knows that when i come in i need sunglasses, gas, more anaesthetic than any other patient they see there, and a lot of compassion.

the video is a good idea, even though it is somewhat generalised. I thinkit is great that an organisation is trying to explain things from our point of view.
I wish i did not have public meltdowns. But sometimes i just do.
aside from that, life is pretty amazing too.

I'm not saying I personally find it insulting, its just one of my autistic friends said it painted a picture of a person being insane (?) to a neurotypical.

I think that is why they have the accompanying text. They are showing behaviour that seems odd to someone who doesn't understand it, and then there is accompanying text explaining the way people's minds can work when they have autism and why they might have difficulties with certain situations. So I think it is helping to bridge the gap. In such a situation a lot of people really would think the guy was insane - but then if they've seen this movie and read the text they might have a better understanding of it, and can now associate such 'insane' seeming behaviour with a rational explanation.

I agree. The videos are meant to educate people to some of the differences people on the spectrum face. The video is not meant to be, nor is it to me, offensive.